Tom Halsey
International Coach
This is England's selectors here (although in fairness they've been alot better lately).marc71178 said:There's no way on earth they can drop Bell.
And as others have said, cheerio Goughie.
This is England's selectors here (although in fairness they've been alot better lately).marc71178 said:There's no way on earth they can drop Bell.
Actually, I distinctly recall one of the ommentators this afternoon mentioning that players like Rikki Clarke and Ian Blackwell should be the ones best fot for the supersub role...yes, you read that correctly.greg said:England aren't operating the sub rule to its maximum potential. With hindsight i'm sure they will realise that it makes more sense to name one of the bowlers as the sub, with Solanki in the team at the start. Basically it makes more sense to try and compensate for their obvious weakness (batting first) than to magnify their strength (chasing).
That's if they refuse to consider Rikki Clarke of course
they would be more justified in doing that then dropping thorpe, after all at test level bell is essentially rather un-proven (albeit he couldnt have done anything more), although imo the likelyhood is that they wont drop anyone till at least after the second test.marc71178 said:There's no way on earth they can drop Bell.
yes i read that in a newspaper article, the theory behind that is that they can both bat and bowlm i disagree with that completely as they can indeed bat and bowl, but neither at a standard that is required to play for england.Steulen said:Actually, I distinctly recall one of the ommentators this afternoon mentioning that players like Rikki Clarke and Ian Blackwell should be the ones best fot for the supersub role...yes, you read that correctly.
And even if they could both bat an bowl, wouldn't you want them to do both? Picking an all-rounder is just daft, since they can only do one or the other.sledger said:yes i read that in a newspaper article, the theory behind that is that they can both bat and bowlm i disagree with that completely as they can indeed bat and bowl, but neither at a standard that is required to play for england.
Yeah I agree. Maybe I'm off the mark here, but couldn't England just do this...greg said:England aren't operating the sub rule to its maximum potential. With hindsight i'm sure they will realise that it makes more sense to name one of the bowlers as the sub, with Solanki in the team at the start. Basically it makes more sense to try and compensate for their obvious weakness (batting first) than to magnify their strength (chasing).
I concur. However, Bell AND Thorpe must play well knowing KP is waiting in the wings. Added pressure; not only does Bell have to face the best team in the world, he also knows that if he fails, you-know-who may be prefered. Whatever happens this series, Bell and KP look a strong replacement middle-order.marc71178 said:There's no way on earth they can drop Bell.
Voldemort? Where?Pedro Delgado said:I concur. However, Bell AND Thorpe must play well knowing KP is waiting in the wings. Added pressure; not only does Bell have to face the best team in the world, he also knows that if he fails, you-know-who may be prefered. Whatever happens this series, Bell and KP look a strong replacement middle-order.
I really like the look of Bell, I hope he does himself justice. Has he batted against Warne, anyone know how he did?
Thank you for the latest on the upcoming, ahem, childrens fantasy book there Neil.Neil Pickup said:Voldemort? Where?
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Interesting point.greg said:England aren't operating the sub rule to its maximum potential. With hindsight i'm sure they will realise that it makes more sense to name one of the bowlers as the sub, with Solanki in the team at the start. Basically it makes more sense to try and compensate for their obvious weakness (batting first) than to magnify their strength (chasing).
I'd say that is why they can't drop him, they're much more into a settled line-up now.Tom Halsey said:This is England's selectors here (although in fairness they've been alot better lately).